Category Archives: Software and Apps

Extract audio from video for free using VLC media player

VLC is such a great piece of software that every now and then we find something interesting. Some days back, we posted some good blogs on VLC and one was to extract audio from video. But the discussed method was a bit lengthy and inapplicable at times. So here is one absolutely simple method to do the same. Rip audio vocals from video 1. Open VLC media player and goto Media>Convert/Save [CTRL+R]. 2. Choose the video file in the box that … Continue reading

6 hidden features of VLC media player you probably don’t know

VLC media player is a plethora of features. Apart from playing wide range of video and audio files, it offers many amazing things. Using the player, you can record a running video and audio file, take snapshots, add logo and subtitles to a video, and do hell lot of things. We’ve discussed all these in detail in our previous blogs, here are the links for those Add subtitles to video using VLC Take snapshots of video using VLC Rip audio from … Continue reading

6 Tips to make your Google Chrome fast again

Google Chrome is the fastest browser in the world. Its very responsive and hardly crashes. But even the best browser can sometimes become slow and problematic when load increases. So if your chrome has gone older in terms of performance, here are tips to bring back its golden days again. 1. Delete all browsing history: Visited urls, cache and cookie information are accumulated in browsers with time. By deleting these things, Chrome can be made faster and more responsive. Chrome browsing history can be deleted by … Continue reading

How to forward emails from webmail to Gmail without using Google apps

A webmail client is an email client that provides interface for sending and receiving emails. Gmail is one of them, but available only to its registered users (like xyz@gmail.com). For emails of brands and businesses like team@yourravi.com and ravi@headstrong.com, there are webmail clients like RoundCube, Squirrelmail and Horde, which come pre-installed with CPanel and works similar to Gmail, but with limited features. Gmail, with its superior GUI, better spam protection and chat service has a clear advantage over other email clients. … Continue reading

How to customize WP PageNavi, the best pagination plugin for WordPress blog

Pagination is the system at the bottom of a WordPress blog that allows visitors to navigate across different entries/pages. Here is how the default pagination in WordPress looks like, When website owners are ready to spend on getting fancy WordPress theme for their blog, they would defintely like to have a better pagination than what’s provided by WordPress as default. Many plugins are available for use but very few are worth using. WP PageNavi is probably the most used pagination … Continue reading

YouTube movie trailer of upcoming Bollywood movies in 2012

In Bollywood, we’ve new movies releasing every week. Lately, there is a flurry of super-hits, most of whom were action-comedies. The same trend is expected to follow in the rest part of 2012 with many good movies waiting to release around Eid and Diwali. If you’re expecting to see Salman or Akki’s next, then here are the trailer of some big upcoming Bollywood movies whose trailers are going nuts on YouTube. 1. Kya Supercool Hai Hum Mark my words that … Continue reading

Create multiple Facebook, Twitter accounts with single Gmail id

Just read the blog and you’ll be amazed by the end of it. Here we tell about creating multiple Facebook, Twitter, iBibo accounts with just one Gmail id. Create alternative ids from one Gmail id Suppose your email id is ‘facebook.twitter@gmail.com’. From this, we’ll create numerous alternative ids that can be perfectly used to create Facebook and Twitter accounts. Here are the 3 ways of doing this, Method-1: Replacing ‘ . ‘ in email id Google doesn’t notices the ‘ … Continue reading

See Gmail login history in easy steps

You have a Gmail account. You know the password, also your sister, brother, a few friends knew about it. So its important to keep track of whether they are logging into your account, whether they are reading your email and chatlogs. This can only be done by checking login history of Gmail. But how to do this? Is there any way of seeing who’s logging to a Gmail account. In fact, Gmail does store all login information including browser name, IP … Continue reading

Personalize Facebook feeds: Decide what updates to see and what not to

Facebook’s algorithm is fine tuned for engagement. It has your potential friends to connect with, apps to use, pages and groups to share and discuss topics. In doing so, lot of things are shared between you and your friends. It includes status updates, images, videos and more stuff. But not always you like seeing all these stuff. Sometimes you want certain updates from one friend, and something else from other friends. This is possible by personalizing the feeds stream. Following are … Continue reading

A little login trick for Gmail

Gmail has just passed 425 million users and most probably you’re among those Gmail users. Today, I’ve a little trick for you. Before we start, first check if your email id has got a ‘ . ‘ mark in it. If yes, then get ready to try this idea. Try logging to your Gmail account without this ‘ . ‘ dot mark and see if you can successfully get into your account. Also you can place this ‘ . ‘ anywhere … Continue reading